Archery bow with sling attachment

ABSTRACT

AN ARCHERY BOW WITH A SLING. THE SLING INCLUDES AN ADJUSTABLE SLEEVE WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE BOW BELOW THE BOW HAND RECEIVING AREA. AN ADJUSTABLE WRIST STRAP ASSEMBLY IS SECURED TO AND EXTENDS UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE SLEEVE AND IS ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER THE WRIST AREA OF THE SHOOTER&#39;&#39;S BOW ARM TO STEADY AND STABILIZE THE BOW DURING THE USE THEREOF.

March 23, L" FOSTER ARCHERY BOW WITH SLING ATTACHMENT Filed March 26,1969 aggemxem z w United States Patent 015cc 3,572,312 Patented Mar. 23,1971 3 572 312 ARCHERY BOW wITH SLING ATTACHMENT Merle L. Foster, 401School, Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126 Filed Mar. 26, 1969, Ser. No. 810,478

Int. Cl. F41b /00 US. Cl. 124-23 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Inarchery, it is necessary to hold the bow as steady as possible so as toachieve maximum accuracy. The bow manufacturers have provided suchelaborate features as balanced and weighted handles, means forcounteracting torque action, etc. Crude bow slings have also beendevised in an effort to steady or stabilize the bow during use but theseslings are generally unsatisfactory. The slings heretofore available aresecured to the bow handle above the bow hand receiving area which causesthe bow to tip up as the arrow is released which causes the arrow to bedeflected downwardly. The existing slings also require that the archergrip the bow hand receiving area which causes inaccuracies to beencountered due to bow movement and the arrows being deflected. Further,the previous bow slings were not adjustable for different bow s1zes.

Therefore, it is a principal object of this invention to provide a bowsling.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling which issecured to the bow below the bow hand receiving area.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling whichprevents the bow from moving after the arrow is released.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling whichpermits the archer to hold the bow in a nongrip manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling which isadjustable for different bow sizes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling which iseasily attached to a bow.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling whichstabilizes or steadies the bow during the shooting operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling which doesnot interfere with the arrow release operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bow sling which iseconomical of manufacture, durable in use and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

This invention consists in the construction, arrangements, andcombination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objectscontemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth,specifically pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the device of this invention asused in conjunction with the bow;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the device of the invention at anenlarged scale and viewed from the side opposite to that showing FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a frontal perspective view of the device of this invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of the bow sling taken on line 44 ofFIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the bow sling of this inventiontaken on line 55 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view of the device of this invention takenon line 7-7 of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view of the device of this invention takenon line 8-8 of FIG. 7.

A conventional bow is seen in FIG. 1 and is generally indicated by thereference numeral 10'. Bow 10 includes a handle portion 12 having a bowhand receiving area 14 formed thereon. Bow 10 includes an upper limbportion 16 extending upwardly from the upper end of handle 12 and alower limb portion 18 extending downwardly from the lower end of thehandle 12. A bow string 20 is secured 'to and extends between the endsof the limbs 16 and 18 in conventional fashion. The numeral 22designates a conventional arrow while an archer is designated by thereference numeral 24. Archer 24 will be described as including a bowhand 26 and wrist area 28.

The bow sling of this invention is generally designated by the referencenumeral 30 and is best seen in FIG. 2.

. Sling 30 includes a trapezoid shaped member 32 having opposite ends 34and 36, a top edge 38 and a bottom edge 40. For purposes of description,member 32 will be described as having an inner surface 42 and an outersurface 44.

Member 32 is provided with a first row of openings 46 formed thereinadjacent end 34 and a second row of openings 48 formed therein inwardlyof the openings 46. Member 32 is also provided with a row of openings 50formed therein adjacent end 36 and a row of openings 52 formed thereininwardly of the row 50. The rows defined by the openings 46, 48, 50 and52 are generally parallel to the ends 34 and 36. The numeral 54 refersto a leather thong or string to permit the ends of the member 32 to bemaintained together in the manner illustrated in FIG. 3. The pluralityof rows of openings provided in member 32 permits the effective size ofthe member 32 to be varied so that the member 32 can be secured to bowsof different sizes.

The numeral 56 refers to a wrist strap having one end 58 extendingthrough a slit 60 in member 32 and being secured to the inner surface 42by glue or the like as illustrated in FIG. 4. Member 32 is also providedwith a slit 62 formed therein at a position opposite to the slit 60 andwhich is adapted to have the other end 64 of strap 56 extendingtherethrough in the manner illustrated in FIG. 7. End 64 of strap 56 isprovided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed openings 66 formedtherein. Member =32 is provided with a pair of openings 68 and 70 formedtherein to permit the end 64 of strap 56 to be secured to the member 32in the manner illustrated in FIG. 8. As seen in FIG. 8, a flexibleleather thong or string 72 is extended through a pair of the openings 66and the openings 68 and 70 and is then tied. The plurality of openings66 permit the effective length of the wrist strap 56 to be increased ordecreased depending upon the relationship of the openings 66 with theopenings 68 and 70.

FIGS. 5 and 6 more completely illustrate the relationship of the end 58of strap 56 with respect to the member 32. As seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, end58 of wrist strap 56 is parallel to the inner surface 42 and is securedthereto by glue or the like generally referred to by the referencenumeral 74.

In operation, the wrist strap 56 would be adjusted with respect tomember 32 to provide the required wrist strap length and such lengthwould necessarily depend upon the size of the archers wrist as well asthe particular bow configuration. When wrist strap 56 has been adjusted,the member 32 is secured to the bow at a point below the hand receivingarea 14 so that the wrist strap 56 extends upwardly and rearwardly fromthe member 32 as illustrated in FIG. 1. As previously stated, member 3-2can be adjusted to accommodate different bow sizes due to therelationship of the openings '46, 48, 50 and 52. The archer extends hisbow hand through the wrist strap 56 as illustrated in FIG. 1 and placeshis hand on the hand receiving area 14 but does not grip the same butmerely leaves the fingers in an extended position as illustrated inFIG. 1. The arrow 22 is then placed upon the upper surface of the bowhand and the bow string 20 is then moved to the rear in conventionalfashion. When the bow string 20 has been moved to the position of FIG.1, it can be appreciated that a very stable bow is achieved due to thefact that the wrist strap 56 extends over the wrist area 28 of thearcher. The bow will remain stationary after the bow is released whichresults in increased accuracy. The fact that the bow hand need not gripthe bow eliminates bow movement and subsequent deflected arrows. Theeffect of the bow sling is to weld the bow to the open grip of thearcher without the necessity of grasping the bow with the fingers. Thebow sling does not interfere with the shooting operation since it ispositioned below the arrow and does not interfere with the arrow releaseor the sighting operation. The bow sling is preferably constructed of asoft leather material to provide a maximum in durability and comfort.

FIGS. 4 and 7 illustrate the fact that the upper end of the member 32,when arranged in the sleeve-like condition of FIG. 3, has a largerdiameter than the lower end thereof. As previously stated, theconfiguration of the member 32 is of a general trapezoidal shape andsuch shape provides the difference in the upper and lower diameters. Thecross-sectional shape seen in FIG. 4 more nearly conforms to the shapeof the bows at the point where the sling is attached thereto.

Thus it can be seen that the device accomplishes at least all of itsstated objectives.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my bowsling without departing from the real spirit and purpose of myinvention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modifiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In combination with a bow including a handle portion having a bowhand receiving area adapted to accommodate the shooters bow hand, saidhandle portion including upper and lower ends and having upper and lowerlimb portions extending upwardly and downwardly from the upper and lowerends thereof respectively, said bow including forward and rearward ends,a bow string, a bow sling means including a single band and a wriststrap, said band having a longitudinal axis substantially coextensivewith the longitudinal axis of said how, said wrist strap being removablysecured to said band and said band extending around said how only belowsaid hand receiving area, said wrist strap extending upwardly andrearwardly toward the bow string from said band and normally dwelling ina plane at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of saidbow, and said wrist strap being adapted to engage the upper Wrist areaof a shooters bow arm.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said wrist strap is comprised ofan elongated member having opposite ends, one of said opposite endsbeing rigidly secured to said band, the other of said opposite endsbeing selectively adjustably secured to said band to define anadjustable loop assembly adapted to extend over the shooters said wristarea.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said adjustable end has aplurality of longitudinally disposed first openings formed therein, saidband having a pair of openings formed therein, said adjustable end beingselectively adjustably secured to said band by a flexible string meansextending through at least one of said longitudinally disposed openingsin said adjustable end and through said pair of openings in said band.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said band comprises a sleeve meanshaving inner and outer surfaces, said sleeve means having first andsecond spaced apart slits formed therein, said adjustable end of saidstrap extending outwardly through said first slit from the inside ofsaid sleeve means and being secured to the inner surface of said sleevemeans, said fixed end of said strap extending inwardly through saidsecond slit from the outside of said sleeve means.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said band is comprised of aflexible substantially quadrilateral member having opposite ends, saidquadrilateral member having first and second spaced apart rows ofopenings formed therein adjacent one of its ends and substantiallyparallel thereto, said quadrilateral member having third and fourthspaced apart rows of openings formed therein adjacent'the other of itsends and substantially parallel thereto, said quadrilateral member beingremovably secured to said bow by a flexible string means extendingthrough selected openings in said rows to permit said quadrilateralmember to be secured to bows of different sizes.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein said quadrilateral member assumesa general sleeve shape when secured to and extended around said bow andhaving an upper diameter greater than its lower diameter.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,055,354 9/1962 Gates 124303,204,626 9/1965 Morneau 124-23 RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner W.R. BROWNE, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. l24--3()

